19 versetti della Bibbia sui rancori



  • Leviticus 19:18 forbids bearing a grudge with natar, a verb meaning to keep or guard, and Psalm 103:9 uses the same verb when it says God will not harbor his anger forever.
  • Esau (Genesis 27:41) and Herodias (Mark 6:19) are recorded as holding grudges; Esau later embraced Jacob, and Herodias’s grudge ended in the death of John the Baptist.
  • Joseph’s brothers feared he held a grudge after their father’s death, and Joseph answered, “Am I in the place of God?” (Genesis 50:19).
  • Jesus ties prayer and forgiveness together in Mark 11:25 and Matthew 6:14-15, and Matthew 18:35 asks for forgiveness “from your heart.”
  • Jesus’ “seventy-seven times” in Matthew 18:22 matches the number of Lamech’s revenge in Genesis 4:24.

The Bible forbids bearing a grudge and records where grudges led. Esau held one against Jacob (Genesis 27:41), Herodias held one against John the Baptist until she had his head (Mark 6:19), and Joseph’s brothers feared he held one against them (Genesis 50:15-20). The law against it is Leviticus 19:18: “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people.” In the New Testament the remedy for a grudge is forgiveness measured by God’s own: “Forgive as…

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